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Here's how Canto helps five manufacturing companies.","The manufacturing industry is highly competitive, so it’s important that companies have the right assets when they need them. Canto helps teams improve digital asset management and adopt a more flexible approach to content. This enables them to produce and share more sales-ready collateral, faster. Here’s a look at how four manufacturing companies use Canto […]","The manufacturing industry is highly competitive, so it’s important that companies have the right assets when they need them. Canto...","\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The manufacturing industry is highly competitive, so it’s important that companies have the right assets when they need them. Canto helps teams improve digital asset management and adopt a more flexible approach to content. This enables them to produce and share more sales-ready collateral, faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here’s a look at how four manufacturing companies use Canto to streamline collaboration.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toc-1--nichiha\">Nichiha\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F19190616\u002FInstallation-3.jpg\" alt=\"A few construction workers in uniforms putting up orange siding for a wall. \" class=\"wp-image-50106\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F19190616\u002FInstallation-3.jpg 600w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F19190616\u002FInstallation-3-450x300.jpg 450w\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For two decades, builders and architects have turned to Nichiha for innovative fiber cement panels that imitate natural wood, stone and brick. Nichiha relies on photography and architectural drawings to interest prospective buyers. The marketing team needed to break down barriers that made it difficult to share imagery or technical details.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“In the past, our marketing department kept everything locked up – the sales team couldn’t even get to the content. Sales and marketing were completely separate. The only way the ‘easy to buy, easy to sell’ goal was going to work was for marketing and sales to be on the same page,” says Ivy, Nichiha’s Marketing Supervisor.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nichiha now uses Canto to easily manage all of their product imagery, videos and brand assets in one place. Marketing and sales can share digital assets seamlessly, which in turn improves workflows and collaboration between teams. As their content library grows, the Nichiha team knows they can always find the most up-to-date photos, pre-packaged and ready to go in Canto.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Canto is really the backbone of what the marketing department does. We use it for everything. Without it, everything would be slowed down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toc-2--falcon-structures\">Falcon Structures\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185215\u002FFalcon-Structures-Canto-600w.jpg\" alt=\"A person working in a metal workshop.\" class=\"wp-image-58286\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185215\u002FFalcon-Structures-Canto-600w.jpg 600w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185215\u002FFalcon-Structures-Canto-600w-450x301.jpg 450w\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fcustomers\u002Ffalcon-structures\u002F\">Falcon Structures\u003C\u002Fa> creates custom modular container-based structures, which are suitable for endless applications. Visual assets are critical to how the company markets and sells the wide variety of structures they offer to prospective customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We have a ton of projects that go through our team daily, weekly, monthly – and they all get photographed. When we started logging photos, things got even worse. Project photos are often critical to making the sale, so I needed a way to categorize them that was not only helpful for marketing, but also for the sales team,” says Krista, Marketing Director at Falcon Structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Canto, sales enablement is a breeze for both the marketing and sales teams. The sales portal gives sales a central hub for files, resources and visual content. Best of all, they can access all of this from anywhere – even while meeting with prospects and on location.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Our success with Canto has been defined by providing a streamlined, professional and collaborative experience for our customers, vendors and partners. Canto has taken the guesswork and stress out of digital asset management.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fcustomers\u002Ffalcon-structures\u002F\">Read the full Falcon Structures story.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toc-3--synlawn\">SYNLawn\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185215\u002FSYNlawn-canto-screenshot-600w.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Canto media library of SYNLawn.\" class=\"wp-image-58287\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185215\u002FSYNlawn-canto-screenshot-600w.jpg 600w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185215\u002FSYNlawn-canto-screenshot-600w-450x255.jpg 450w\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SYNLawn manufactures bio-based synthetic grass for clients ranging from luxury golf courses to homeowners. Photos of products and installations are essential to help distributors sell better. SYNLawn’s marketing team has collected tens of thousands of photos, but initially had no way to centralize and organize them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was turning into a burden. We decided to look for a digital asset management system to try to free up bandwidth for other things and use our time more efficiently,” says Matthew, Digital Marketing Specialist at SYNLawn. “Having a digital asset library was a necessity not only for us internally, but for the individual distributors to be able to find what they needed on their own time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Canto, SYNLawn has an organized, centralized hub for product imagery – making it easy for global distributors to access the vast library of marketing assets on-demand. Distributors are also empowered to upload their own photos. This ensures local campaigns feature up-to-date photos and assets, and gives other contributors access to an even larger pool of pre-approved media.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Our distributors are the face of our brand,” says Matthew. “They’re the ones out in the field talking to customers, making sales and putting together the installations. We use Canto to give our distributors that ‘wow’ factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toc-4--boral-north-america\">Boral North America\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185214\u002Ffeature-img-boral-600w.jpg\" alt=\"A house with a natural stone facade.\" class=\"wp-image-58288\" srcset=\"\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185214\u002Ffeature-img-boral-600w.jpg 600w, \u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185214\u002Ffeature-img-boral-600w-450x318.jpg 450w\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fcustomers\u002Fboral-north-america\u002F\">Boral North America’s\u003C\u002Fa> family of five stone brands are some of the leading manufacturers of high-quality stone veneer. The marketing team at Boral’s Stone Division helps get the right product imagery into the hands of distributors, sales reps, architectural teams and marketing agencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“In terms of sharing, all the information we had was scattered, and we were using multiple platforms, so you can imagine how quickly it became chaotic,” says Alessandra Roqueta, Marketing Manager of the Stone Division at Boral.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Boral sales and architectural teams frequently meet with clients around North America. With the help of Canto Portals, they can easily find and showcase any product – from anywhere. Canto also enables the marketing team to support sales reps with the up-to-date information they need in a way that is easy for them to navigate and access.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Our PR and social media agencies also really love Canto! We were using Dropbox with them before, and Canto is more user-friendly,” Roqueta says. “It’s easy for them to resize or change image formats in case they need something for a certain media outlet: they can just identify the size and format they need and download it directly from Canto.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fcustomers\u002Fboral-north-america\u002F\">Read the full Boral North America story.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>",4,{"url":37,"url_md":38,"alt":39,"height":40,"width":41},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185213\u002Fmanufacturing-facility-1024w.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2021\u002F06\u002F19185213\u002Fmanufacturing-facility-1024w-450x300.jpg","Two engineers walking through a factory",683,1024,[43],{"id":44,"slug":44,"title":45,"path":46},"inside-canto","Inside Canto","\u002Fpost-category\u002Finside-canto\u002F",[48,55,62],{"featuredImage":49,"postId":50,"slug":51,"title":52,"description":53,"path":54},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F19195253\u002Ffinal-version-450x228.jpg",25499,"creative-spotlight-azita-shahidi-godiva","Creative Spotlight: Creativity and curiosity with Azita Shahidi from Godiva Chocolatier","We sat down with Godiva's Azita Shahidi for a conversation about creativity, her journey in the design world, and her learnings along the way.","\u002Fblog\u002Fcreative-spotlight-azita-shahidi-godiva\u002F",{"featuredImage":56,"postId":57,"slug":58,"title":59,"description":60,"path":61},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F19193053\u002FChicago-Community-Lunch-450x450.jpg",37903,"canto-community-chicago","Canto community connects in Chicago","Our Chicago-based community of talented creative professionals from organizations like PAWS Chicago, The Moody Bible Institute, Entertainment Cruises and Intelligent Medical Objects shared stories, interests, and of course, a few Canto best practices!","\u002Fblog\u002Fcanto-community-chicago\u002F",{"featuredImage":63,"postId":64,"slug":65,"title":66,"description":67,"path":68},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canto.com\u002Fcdn\u002Fen\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F19193020\u002FLeyna-Segal-photo-450x450.jpg",38270,"professional-photographers-share-their-favorite-snapshots","Professional photographers share their favorite snapshots!","Behind every brand is a great photographer. It’s our pleasure to introduce you to a few of the incredible photographers behind the brands that use Canto!","\u002Fblog\u002Fprofessional-photographers-share-their-favorite-snapshots\u002F",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":70},"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M9.175 10.825Q8 9.65 8 8t1.175-2.825T12 4t2.825 1.175T16 8t-1.175 2.825T12 12t-2.825-1.175M4 20v-2.8q0-.85.438-1.562T5.6 14.55q1.55-.775 3.15-1.162T12 13t3.25.388t3.15 1.162q.725.375 1.163 1.088T20 17.2V20zm2-2h12v-.8q0-.275-.137-.5t-.363-.35q-1.35-.675-2.725-1.012T12 15t-2.775.338T6.5 16.35q-.225.125-.363.35T6 17.2zm7.413-8.587Q14 8.825 14 8t-.587-1.412T12 6t-1.412.588T10 8t.588 1.413T12 10t1.413-.587M12 18\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":72},"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12 14q-.425 0-.712-.288T11 13t.288-.712T12 12t.713.288T13 13t-.288.713T12 14m-4.712-.288Q7 13.426 7 13t.288-.712T8 12t.713.288T9 13t-.288.713T8 14t-.712-.288M16 14q-.425 0-.712-.288T15 13t.288-.712T16 12t.713.288T17 13t-.288.713T16 14m-4 4q-.425 0-.712-.288T11 17t.288-.712T12 16t.713.288T13 17t-.288.713T12 18m-4.712-.288Q7 17.426 7 17t.288-.712T8 16t.713.288T9 17t-.288.713T8 18t-.712-.288M16 18q-.425 0-.712-.288T15 17t.288-.712T16 16t.713.288T17 17t-.288.713T16 18M5 22q-.825 0-1.412-.587T3 20V6q0-.825.588-1.412T5 4h1V2h2v2h8V2h2v2h1q.825 0 1.413.588T21 6v14q0 .825-.587 1.413T19 22zm0-2h14V10H5z\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":74},"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M12 20a8 8 0 0 0 8-8a8 8 0 0 0-8-8a8 8 0 0 0-8 8a8 8 0 0 0 8 8m0-18a10 10 0 0 1 10 10a10 10 0 0 1-10 10C6.47 22 2 17.5 2 12A10 10 0 0 1 12 2m.5 5v5.25l4.5 2.67l-.75 1.23L11 13V7z\"\u002F>",1787374898271]